Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-29
"THAT'S @Y MEAT!D
5 V,vidiy Characteristic LocIdeat Fror
EjoDfana Lifs

5 V.vid;y Characteristic IocIdent From
E5onfana Life
iCOmp!led from Hubert Howe Eancrofts pcpu.
lar tribunals.
The following sketch from Z Montans
paper wildly illustrates the reckless, hig1
pressure life prevailing in Montana dur
Ing the early days. The qglet little min
ing town of Camp Taylor was startled one
day by the crack Of several pistol shots in
rapid succession. RGm0r spread rapidly
that there was "a man for breakfast"
and soon almost the entire village were
collected at the eCere OF the tragedy.
And the excitement became intense when
the leaders pushed into the housc and saw
q man stretched upon the hocr
breathing heavily, while his head
lay in pool Of blood that
had tricHIed from his ear. IL one corner
stood q man holding huge revolver IL
each hand, and glaripg savagely at the
iutruders. The situ8tion WAS apparent
ST elsGca; murder had been committed,
the victim lay where lie bad fallen, and
the criminal stood ST bay ready TO sell his
life dearly if eny one attempted 10 take
him.
A few of the bolder entered the room,
but tie sight Of the deadly rev0lvers
bearing on item made the inEruders
tumble out again with more haste than
dignity. At length one OF the crowd,
forgetting the danger IN his sympathy for
the dying man, entered the room 10 see if
he could do anything for the sufferer on
the floor. sect CUT CT that or III blow
the top of your damned head off" yelled
tie william in the corner. "Tha:'s my
meat" aud he gave S startling emphasis
to bis command by shot from
his revolver. The humanitarian eprang
from the room and out OF the house, ana
as he appeared upon the street he was
greeted by perfect fusi!ade Of shots By
the confederates Of the murderer, which
accelerated his flying teet to @ speed
| never before Witnessed by the spectators.
Revolvers now began TO be drawn st
sll points, End tue murderer saw that IN
less he quickly escaped to q more pro-
tected position, he would soon be Iiddled
| by bullets. He made dash for liberty,
and the crowd parte ct once before his
! deadly pistols. AS he rushed along shots
were fred az him from all points, but he
succeeded in gaining the shelter Of q
stump untouched. Once protected, he
opened fire upon the crowd with such
r8pldity That everybody fed IL terror,
leaving the street deserted in s moment
This excitement caused the citizens
TO forget for moment that 6 man lay
dying near st hand, but they soon re-
menbered this, snd as the way was open
they turned to his assistance. Messenger
were dispatched for surgical aid, and
several entered the room al once. The
insensible man was still breathing. Taey
examined his body for the wound, but
could fad more. They concluded that
the bullet must have penetrated the brair
through the car, and that they mus
necessarily awSlt the arrival OF the sur
geon. 4 committee was appointed K
capture the murderer, but just as the,
we're ready 20 start on their undertaken:
they we're greeted by q shower OF lsughte
from the room where the victim lay, tel
ling them that something was wrong
Closer examination showed the sf.ir (
be huge practical joke. The dying msl
was really dead drunk, and the blood wa
Only red ink